Important Characters in the Battle of Dazar'alor Aftermath

In the aftermath of the Battle of Dazar'alor, the Alliance and Horde are planning their next moves. The Alliance have naval superiority, while the Horde have gained the trust of the Zandalari. Who are some of the major characters making the important decisions?

We have written biographies of important characters that make key decisions after the Dazar'alor raid. If you're interested in a long read that details the life events of these major characters, these linked articles are for you! You can find even more character summaries in our lore guide section.

Last month, we highlighted important characters in Dazar'alor and moving forward, for every major patch and content update, we will write biographies for new important characters. These will supplement our monthly lore spotlights with Nobbel87 and also serve as a centralized place to compile all the datamined broadcast text for a character throughout the PTR.

Who do you think will be in March's character spotlight?

Anduin Wrynn - High King of the Alliance

We've seen Anduin grow up through World of Warcraft, now serving as the High King of the Alliance since Varian's death in Legion. With Mekkatorque encased in ice and Jaina wounded after Dazar'alor, Anduin must carefully weigh the next move for the Alliance.

Sylvanas Windrunner - Warchief of the Horde

Sylvanas is one of the most tragic and controversial figures in Warcraft. Tides of Vengeance is no exception since her plan of retaliation, following the Horde's defeat at Dazar'alor, is to raise Derek Proudmoore and mind-control him into killing the rest of his family in Kul Tiras.

Talanji - Ruler of the Zandalari Empire

Talanji is one of the major characters Horde players encounter in Battle for Azeroth. We free her from the Stockades, help her fight the Blood Trolls in Nazmir, venture into Uldir, and now drive back the Alliance forces in the Battle of Dazar'alor. With the death of her father, King Rastakhan, Talanji is poised to ascend to the throne of the Zandalari Empire.

After the Battle of Dazar'alor, Talanji assists Vol'jin in untangling the mystery of who urged him to appoint Sylvanas Warchief. Vol'jin also believes in Talanji's strength as a leader, offering his guidance and advice.

Vol'jin - Former Warchief of the Horde

Vol'jin was a former Warchief of the Horde, chieftain of the Darkspear Troll Tribe, as well as the rightful ruler of Durotar and the Echo Isles. Vol'jin was important through all the story of Warcraft III and World of Warcraft, and his influence continues long after his death at the beginning of the Legion Expansion.

In Tides of Vengeance, Horde players have a new Vol'jin questline to complete: Il Cacciatore dell'Ombra. In this questline, you will help Vol'jin research the mysterious dark whisper that told him to appoint Sylvanas as the new Warchief. More questions are raised and left unanswered, as nobody knows who spoke to Vol'jin...as well as who brought Vol'jin back.

Commento di Zeejir

Humans try to purge undead from lordaeron for a decade because they are monsters, "That's fine."Undead want to kill all humans in stormwind because they don't want to be purged, "Those monsters!"

Taking back your home from usurpers is fine.the "usurpers" are the once that lived therefor example EVERY Forsaken-PC is from Lordearon.I would wager there are MORE undead humans from Lorderon than living once.We had suvivers in theramore ... ohin silverpine ... oh in southshore ... oh and a few other places which lived in peace

Commento di Dracala

on 2019-02-24T13:13:13-06:00

Humans try to purge undead from lordaeron for a decade because they are monsters, "That's fine."Undead want to kill all humans in stormwind because they don't want to be purged, "Those monsters!"

Taking back your home from usurpers is fine.

Really usurpers you say? How are they usurpers when they Themselves are Lordaeron Citizens? Just because they're Undead now doesn't mean they should Lose their Rights. They're still thinking, feeling people (woulda said living, breathing people, but the first is suspect, and the second is untrue). How dare you be so racist, its people like you that caused the Forsaken to turn against humanity to begin with >.>

Commento di tupolew519

on 2019-02-24T13:30:45-06:00

Maybe was it n'zoth.

Commento di Kurias

on 2019-02-24T14:29:40-06:00

Humans try to purge undead from lordaeron for a decade because they are monsters, "That's fine."Undead want to kill all humans in stormwind because they don't want to be purged, "Those monsters!"

Killing undead things is a worthwhile pursuit.

Commento di ZerOrbit

on 2019-02-24T16:23:09-06:00

If the forsaken used to be Alliance when they were alive, would they be considered traitors now?

Also, what's the difference between death knights and forsaken when it comes to faction choices?

Forsaken humans are horde. But human death knights are alliance.

Forsaken human death knights are horde...

I've played for 10 years but I don't know enough about forsaken lore.

Commento di rydabi

on 2019-02-24T16:33:31-06:00

If the forsaken used to be Alliance when they were alive, would they be considered traitors now?

Also, what's the difference between death knights and forsaken when it comes to faction choices?

Forsaken humans are horde. But human death knights are alliance.

Forsaken human death knights are horde...

I've played for 10 years but I don't know enough about forsaken lore.

When the group of undead that broke away from Arthas, lead by Sylvanas now, tried reaching out for help from their former allies in Stormwind, they received no help from them on account of the fact that the humans believed that it was more likely a trick then a legitimate cry for help. After all why would they trust undead when they had just decimated an allying kingdom. But still, the Forsaken later went on to joining the Horde so its a mix of those two reasons that the humans would consider them traitors though its still a little more complicated.

Commento di Xexji

on 2019-02-24T17:07:38-06:00

Sylvanas is so monstrously powerful and influential that even the Void are terrified of her.

And yet she continues to play by the Horde's internal rules when she's never been a particular fan of them.

It might be hard to swallow, but you have to consider the possibility that Sylvanas is doing what she does for a defensible reason. She wants to be safe so needs the Forsaken to be strong and safe. The Forsaken, in order to be strong and safe, need the Horde. Thus, what serves the Horde ultimately serves Sylvanas, and a step too far to split that connection would go against her interests.

Commento di RobNajjar

on 2019-02-24T17:59:02-06:00

Humans try to purge undead from lordaeron for a decade because they are monsters, "That's fine."Undead want to kill all humans in stormwind because they don't want to be purged, "Those monsters!"

Taking back your home from usurpers is fine.the "usurpers" are the once that lived therefor example EVERY Forsaken-PC is from Lordearon.I would wager there are MORE undead humans from Lorderon than living once.We had suvivers in theramore ... ohin silverpine ... oh in southshore ... oh and a few other places which lived in peace

They are usurpers because sylvanas agreed to give the city to garithos if he helped her against the dreadlords. He upheld his side of the deal, she didn't since she killed him and his army. Like almost all of her plans, she thought she was cunning by playing the victim when the alliance hated her, but it went to crap since garithos' body was possessed, and he states that he was betrayed by sylvanas, and the fact she went on a grave robbing and murder spree, and murdered the actual and true ruler of lordearon infront of a huge gathering of people doesn't help either

Commento di Xexji

on 2019-02-24T20:44:04-06:00

They are usurpers because sylvanas agreed to give the city to garithos if he helped her against the dreadlords. He upheld his side of the deal, she didn't since she killed him and his army. Like almost all of her plans, she thought she was cunning by playing the victim when the alliance hated her, but it went to crap since garithos' body was possessed, and he states that he was betrayed by sylvanas, and the fact she went on a grave robbing and murder spree, and murdered the actual and true ruler of lordearon infront of a huge gathering of people doesn't help either

Garithos should have been smart enough to realize that exiling all these people that called the city home would never have been acceptable, but considering his treatment of the blood elves I doubt he could think that far ahead.

And this 'actual and true ruler of Lordaeron'? What, the one that seemingly did nothing while her brother slaughtered and tortured his own people? The people of Lordaeron have the right to chose their own leader, and they overwhelmingly support Sylvanas. Additionally, the Forsaken stay loyal to the Horde primarily because the Horde aren't prejudiced against their kind.

Commento di CronoLink

on 2019-02-25T01:19:15-06:00

Additionally, the Forsaken stay loyal to the Horde primarily because the Horde aren't prejudiced against their kind.

I think the Horde was a bit prejudiced at first but grew to respect them as they remained loyal thru several campaigns, I think. Thrall accepted, if I'm not too mistaken, the Forsaken into the Horde primarily due to mutual needs, both Thrall and Sylvanas were at a disadvantage against the Alliance, and the Alliance was dead set on eliminating them both; plus the Forsaken would not be able to hold the Lordaeron region alone, and Thrall would need a solid outpost in the Eastern Kingdoms since at the time the Horde had solid ground on Kalimdor but none on the other continent.

Commento di FerwixL

on 2019-02-25T03:10:17-06:00

My complaint is the sloppy writing about Alliance starting with the pre-release Novel where Anduin is made out to be a tree-hugger who just wants world peace even though he can see there is a Warchief who just wants to turn any dead body she sees into a Forsaken. Seriously would anyone in the Alliance follow Anduin into battle against Sylvanus given a chance? Jaina makes a bit part appearance even though she’s going to be a focus in BfA with no explanation where she’s been - give me a break. Talk about total Horde character focus.

Then we come to Uldir the first raid which made no sense to Ally players from a lore standpoint - we’re just told there’s evil there we need to fight. Bearing in mind it’s on a different island and if you haven’t done the Nazmir quest you won’t know about Ghuun. Poor, poor writing.

So I gave up and decided to create a Horde alt and found the storyline for the whole expansion makes sense, with death as a major theme (which is never is on the Ally side), the Horde getting to choose to disagree with the Warchief. Wouldn’t that have been wonderful for the Alliance? I think so. I know a lot of Alliance players who like me believe Anduin is unfit to lead the Alliance and Greymane could easily have been set up as an alternative hardline to take on Sylvannus.

Having reached 120 on Horde the experience from a lore point of view, design of cities, choices of mounts etc shows Blizz put way more time and thought into the Horde and basically threw the Alliance story together to fit it. I mean how much green paint is there in Kul-Tiras? Because everyone seems to have used it.

I really hope the situation improves because it seems totally unsatisfactory to Ally players to get such second hand work.

Because there is no one left in Blizzard who cares about the Alliance. Just look at any BlizzCon, it’s all about their wittle horde babies. In a way that’s a good thing, because the last person who cared about us (Metzen) turned us into “captain America” faction, according to his words. Just look at Danuser or Afrasiabi, the horde and forsaken fanbois making the wondrous experience for us.

Inb4 some blood elf player jumps in and tells “YOU HAVE CHRISTIE GOLDEN REEEE!”, no we don’t. She cares about Anduin and non-toxic masculinity only and that’s what damages the Alliance more than the Horde in the long run. I doubt even 10% of Alliance players want peace now, after all the greenskins did. Yet Anduin’s opinion is the only one we get.

Christie Golden’s writing honestly makes me wish that the Divine Bell Garrosh dropped on Anduin was heavier and bigger. Everything she wrote in the post-Legion lore HAS to revolve around how Anduin is the embodiment of purity, love and perfection, and how Sylvanas’ is an evil witch with 0 redeeming qualities . There’s absolutely no room for character consistency, development or anything silly like that. There’s only room for her silly political agendas and delusions she wants to shove down the throat of people who just want to enjoy a story about a brutal all-out faction war.

Commento di Zeejir

on 2019-02-25T05:28:08-06:00

They are usurpers because sylvanas agreed to give the city to garithos if he helped her against the dreadlords. He upheld his side of the deal, she didn't since she killed him and his army. Like almost all of her plans, she thought she was cunning by playing the victim when the alliance hated her, but it went to crap since garithos' body was possessed, and he states that he was betrayed by sylvanas, and the fact she went on a grave robbing and murder spree, and murdered the actual and true ruler of lordearon infront of a huge gathering of people doesn't help either

1) could you state where you found the part with "he states that he was betrayed by sylvanas" ? cause i cant find it and i would be interested in reading it.... like everything surrounding garithos end with WC32) he was possessed BUT not by Sylvanas, infact she freed him from Detheroc and Balnazzar in WC3 (maybe i'm wrong and it's a part in the context from point 1 if so forget this point)3) the "true" ruler who if arthas would live would NEVER be ruler, a ruler over a country that was "almost entirely consumed by the Undead Scourge during the Third War", a person who had given up her right to the thron to live with her soldier husband (see BtS "Calia reassured him she had no intention of reclaiming Lordaeron")4) Calia beeing in arathi almost started a war. Both sides agreed that they would not betray the other side. taking the "heir"/Sister of the Person who ruined your life to a peace meeting is a bit stupid. AND we saw there that even the forsaken who WOULD accept living member prefer Sylvanas over Calia.5) a "huge" garthering of people is also not true.22 members of the desolate Councile at best + Archers + Sylvanas + Nathanos on Horde Side.BUT some desolate Councile members never got a chance to be there since only those with living and accepting relativs were allowed.Some left because there living relativs detest them (see BtS Genn's part where he sees a few living talking than going and the forsaken leaving the field.AND we see from the desolate Councile LEADER that she would not ditch Sylvanas for Calia.

Commento di voidox

on 2019-02-25T06:45:28-06:00

Sylvanas is so monstrously powerful and influential that even the Void are terrified of her.

lol, there is literally nothing at all that shows the void has any fear of sylvanas... and no, she is not monstrously powerful, at best, she is a strong banshee with command over some val'kyr.

It might be hard to swallow, but you have to consider the possibility that Sylvanas is doing what she does for a defensible reason.

ah yes, the ol' genocide was justified and no biggie excuse~ I could go on about how none of her actions have any real defensible reason but ill stop cause "genocide is cool"